LSU's Johnny O'Bryant III shoots the ball over UK's Michael Kidd-Gilchrist during the quarterfinals of the 2012 SEC Men's Basketball Tournament at the New Orleans.

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Jonathan Lintner
| The Courier-Journal

Television providers within the Southeastern Conference footprint can expect to pay more to carry the new SEC Network than any league-specific channel, such as the Big Ten and Pac-12 networks launched within the last decade.

Sports Business Daily reported last week that the SEC Network will cost providers $1.30 in SEC markets and 25 cents around the rest of the country. By comparison, the Big Ten Network costs providers about $1 within the league's markets and 37 cents outside of them.

Dish Network and AT&T U-verse have reportedly said they'll carry the new network when it hits airwaves Aug. ...